California / Fish and Wildlife / Attorney
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
13 employees hold this title in Fish and Wildlife. Median total compensation for the role is $115,573, above the department median of $83,440.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 13 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in California, the median wage for Lawyers — about 95,770 people — is $195,080. Fish and Wildlife pays a median base salary of $140,688 for this role, 28% below that figure — about the 29th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Fish and Wildlife’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Lawyers — about 754,500 people — is $159,670. Fish and Wildlife’s median base salary is 12% below that national figure, about the 42nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the California range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 47 of 51 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Fish and Wildlife is $140,919, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Attorney is held in 82 California departments. In Fish and Wildlife, the median of $115,573 ranks #17 of 82.
Median total compensation for the Attorney role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In California, the median of $150,234 ranks #2 of 14. See Attorney across all of California →
Median total compensation for comparable Attorney roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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At Fish and Wildlife, Micah Green serves as a Attorney. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $140,919. They are represented by R02.
Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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At Fish and Wildlife, Lena Germinario serves as a Attorney. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $126,977. Union affiliation: R02.
Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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At Fish and Wildlife, Joshua Brooks serves as a Attorney. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $122,588. Their bargaining unit is R02.
Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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At Fish and Wildlife, Misbah Husain serves as a Attorney. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $116,675. Union affiliation: R02.
Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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Cooper Wilce is a Attorney at Fish and Wildlife. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $116,197. Union affiliation: R02.
Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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At Fish and Wildlife, William Schmelter serves as a Attorney. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $116,104. They are represented by R02.
Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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Anthony Cusato is a Attorney at Fish and Wildlife. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $115,573. Union affiliation: R02.
Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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At Fish and Wildlife, Celene Ambriz serves as a Attorney. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $113,256. Their bargaining unit is R02.
Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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David Woodsmall is a Attorney at Fish and Wildlife. They work full-time. 2023 total compensation came to $112,862. Union affiliation: R02.
Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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At Fish and Wildlife, Emily Warfield serves as a Attorney. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $87,862. Union affiliation: R02.
Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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At Fish and Wildlife, Derek Kliewer serves as a Attorney. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $81,769. Union affiliation: R02.
Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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At Fish and Wildlife, Bryan Boersma serves as a Attorney. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $61,305. Their bargaining unit is R02.
Attorney/Fish and Wildlife
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Conor O'Brien is a Attorney at Fish and Wildlife. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $48,131. They are represented by R02.